Hi,

> it so happens that I have to be able to extract some data from a variety
> of DBMS's to a text form (SQL or CSV). I've been able to do this with
> PostgreSQL, MySQL and .dbf databases, but now I'm pretty much stuck
> with Interbase/Firebird. I'd very much appreciate any hints
> what may be the usual ways for a similar task.

To extract data, you might want to check:
http://fbexport.sourceforge.net/

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
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